UNIVERSITY CENTER, Mich. - The Alma College track and field team sent athletes to compete at Saginaw Valley State University on Saturday (Dec. 4). The Scots had several solid performances, highlighted by senior Bailey Hoffman's school record in the women's weight throw with a toss of 15.84 meters. Hoffman went on to place fourth in the event and bettered her school record from last season. 

In the women's 800-meter race, junior Cornelia Gotaas placed fourth with a time of 2:30.72. Ericka Bigham posted a time of 8.37 seconds in the 60-meter dash, putting her seventh all-time on the Alma indoor Top-10 list.

Ross McNeel was eighth in the men's 400-meter dash with a time of 53.92 seconds. Joey Gonzales was seventh in the men's long jump with a leap of 6.21 meters, placing him seventh all-time on the Alma Top-10 indoor list. Sophomore Landon Jennings ran 7.21 seconds in the 60-meter dash, placing him fifth all time on the school Top-10 list. He also posted a time of 23.70 seconds in the 200-meter dash, placing ninth all-time of the Scots Top-10 list. 

From Head Coach Matt Chovanec:

"Opening day did not disappoint. We coaches were very pleased with the results for this early in the season. Our teams has been working hard leading up to this day and it showed. All of our group that we took to this meet is ahead of where they were when they started the season last year. Now we just need to continue to build on what we've established and understand it's a process over time to have the performances we really want when championship season gets here at the end of the season."

Up next:

Alma will travel back to SVSU following the Holiday Break. The SVSU Classic is scheduled for Friday (Jan. 14) at 2:30 pm.